Teaching Cultural Sensitivity in the Patient-Clinician Relationship

Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 6:30 AM - Saturday, June 20, 2026, 6:30 AM

Connecticut Department of Public Health requires that licensed physicians/surgeons participate in continuing medical education (CME) activities pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes, and for registration periods beginning on and after October 1, 2010, CME coursework in cultural competency is required. This tutorial module helps you fulfill this requirement. Successful completion of this module will allow you to earn necessary CME credit in cultural competency.


Important Update to this Module:
Prior to beginning this module, we encourage you to access the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) Additional Resource document, which is found in the Support section.
Here is an excerpt from the Resource Document:

According to Jarvis GE, et.al. (2020), “The Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) is an interview protocol designed to be used by clinicians in any setting to gather essential data to produce a cultural formulation. The CFI aims to improve culturally sensitive diagnosis and treatment by focusing clinical attention on the patient’s perspective and social context.”  

As you watch the videos provided in this module, reflect on how you might use the 16 CFI questions presented in the CFI Additional Resource Document. 


Target Audience: Healthcare Professionals

1. Elicit information to evaluate the socio-cultural context of the patient
2. Build a cultural formulation useful for diagnosis and treatment
3. Become aware that being culturally sensitive is an ongoing life process

Registration Fees:

• Non-Yale Professionals - $35.00

• Yale Faculty and Staff - Complimentary*

*In order to receive complimentary access, Yale participants must login to their Yale CloudCME profile using their YSM netid/password.

The Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement
The Yale School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of Yale School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education (CME), to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs.  All individuals involved in the development and presentation of Accredited Continuing Education activities are required to disclose all financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies that has occurred within the past 24 months; and the opportunity to affect the content of CME about the products or services of the commercial interests. This information is disclosed to all activity participants prior to the commencement of the educational activity.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)

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CFI Additional Resource Document.pdf